dustycrusty

a late teens, early 1920's model T Ford with the rear turtle deck removed and fitted with a "salesman's box". It could be home made or a store bought unit.

could be......

Those Dodge brothers were both heavy drinkers, but....

first car is a 1905 Caddy

Seriously, it is impressive!

Speaking as a connoisseur of the evergreen lunch bag acetylene bomb gag, it takes very little acetylene to make a very big boom! Unless you have access to a water jet, cutting them would be risky business. Take them to a welding shop and they can dispose of them for you.

I know for a fact that three skinny high school teenagers will fit in the trunk of a 1940 Chevrolet sedan. You can squeeze a fourth behind the three rear facing bodies if you put the spare tire in the back seat foot well and cover it with a blanket.........

It looks like a rear door off of a 1920's- early '30s panel delivery truck, and not necessarily a Ford. Unfortunately for your search, 99.9% of those bodies from that era were built by non- factory, aftermarket suppliers who could furnish their coachwork handiwork to several different manufacturers. That would mean that finding the company who built the body this door came off of will probably be a near impossible task!

Found it. It is a Saxon, built in Detroit and Ypsilanti, Mich. from 1913-1923.

All my reference books are boxed up for getting new carpet installed this week! Seller knows no details except it is a "1916", doesn't run, and they want $10,000 for it. They are also selling a dropped axle Model "T" speedster...... Hell of a garage!

That 1 inch square drive is probably a pretty good clue it is an auxiliary transmission originally marketed as an accessory for a Ford Model T. A few dozen aftermarket manufacturers made a thousands of these bolt-on gear-splitters to give the T's planetary transmission a few more gear ranges to make the best of that anemic 4 cylinder engine's 20 (net!) H.P.. If you post this over on the Model T Club of America (MTFCA) discussion board, you'll probably have a positive I.D. before the picture can finish downloading!

" When better Mustangs are built, Buick will build them!"

Rough riding, under powered. Smells of diesel fuel and canvas. No radio, heat, seat belts!

I always liked the late 1930's Figoni bodied Talbot Lago T150-C-SS

1930-'31 Cadillac Type 353 Cabriolet Or LaSalle ...

Originally I thought it might be fragment of front axle I-beam, but (judging from the assumed size of the wood grain in the boards it rests upon) it appears to be too small for that. How about some measurements? How far from Arbroath and St. Vigeans in Angus Council (David Buick's birthplace and his ancestral home) was it found?

Too many wheels.....!

They are basically the same although some had an issue with the castings being a bit thicker so you had to grind out the interior walls of the boxes a bit if you wanted to run higher lift cams. I cant remember if it was specific years in which this occurred or just an odd lot of castings that had that problem though, but yes, despite a few cosmetic changes all iron head rocker boxes will interchange from '57-'85. HOWEVER, there is a specific part for the rear and another for the front head and while you can swap them easily from engine to engine, you cant put a rear box on your engine's front head or a front box on the rear head without some "creative" external oil line routing..... That '57 is perfect- hand signals and no worries about anything behind you!

ARGGH! you are absolutely right. The bike picture I used has a 1971 -'85 model engine. Your heads are of the earlier 1957-'70 style. They'll all interchange, but they are stylistically different

1957-'85 Iron Head Sportster

Definitely! A Farmall F-20

1925 Packard